Software Engineer – Autonomous Systems

Overview

Join a specialist engineering team in Oxfordshire to design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems. You will contribute to software architecture and work within a growing, impact-driven space. The role combines hands-on development with collaboration on system-level decisions. You’ll work in a regulated environment and attend the office three days a week, contributing to mission-critical technology across aerospace, defence, automotive, or autonomous domains.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop safety-critical embedded software for autonomous systems
• Collaborate with a specialist team to contribute to software architecture
• Build software in an evolving space with tangible impact

Key requirements

• Strong embedded software engineering background (C, C++, or similar)
• Experience with real-time or embedded systems
• Familiarity with regulated environments
• Positive about AI and its application within software engineering and robotics
• Aerospace, defence, automotive or autonomous systems experience is desirable
• Software engineering, Robotics, or similar degree or higher

• C
• C++
• embedded software
• real-time systems
• AI applications in robotics

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